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Date:      Wed, 5 May 2010 10:16:33 -0400
From:      Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com>
To:        Ondrej Majerech <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Status of Xorg 7.5 and xfce4?
Message-ID:  <4BE17DC1.5090807@wintek.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BE1779C.4060003@gmail.com>
References:  <4BE16B50.5040904@wintek.com> <4BE1779C.4060003@gmail.com>

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On 05/05/10 09:50, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
> Richard Kuhns wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've just updated the first of 3 machines running FreeBSD 8.0 as of a week or so
>> ago, and after the update I couldn't start my desktop. Googling revealed that
>> it's a known problem, but the only solution I could find was to delete
>> xfce4-session. While doing so allows me to use my desktop again, it's obviously
>> not the best answer.
>>
>> Has there been any progress on fixing this problem? I don't want to update the
>> other machines until it's resolved.
>>
>> I'll be happy to help with any testing and/or supplying more details about my
>> setup. At this moment, though, there's nothing to add that isn't already in the
>> mailing list archives.
>>
>> Thanks!
> 
> I didn't experience any problems with Xorg 7.5 and Xfce4 on 8.0-STABLE.
> 
> Try renaming your ~/.config/xfce4 and ~/.config/xfce4-session to 
> something else and see if that allows you to use your desktop again. 
> I've also seen a case where the culprit was /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- if you 
> have autogenerated xorg.conf, try generating it again, or try removing 
> stuff from it until it starts working. (If it does start working, of 
> course.)
> 
> ~ Ondra

I'll try renaming ~/.config/xfce4 when I get home this evening. I've already
removed ~/.config/xfce4-session to no effect, and I don't have an xorg.conf file
at all.

BTW, the machine I updated is running amd64; was your successful update amd64 or
i386?

Thanks for the suggestions.
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